Live animals are undeniably an essential and economical tool for teaching students about the natural world. Lessons on biodiversity, physiology, genetics, and animal behavior would be dull, if not impossible, without the use of live specimens. Live animals in the classroom help to stimulate student curiosity, keep students focused during presentations, and promote respect for non-human animals and their ecosystems. And they’re also a great source of pleasure for pet owners. Leer más.

Shea Lambert and colleagues have just published a fabulous paper in Molecular Ecology on dewlap color evolution and reproductive character displacement in species in the Anolis brevirostris species complex. Leer más.

Agentes Rurales de la Conselleria de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Natural han retirado más de 20 quilos de cangrejos rojos invasores de una charca de la Font Gran, en Sant Jaume dels Domenys (Tarragona), que forma parte de la red de seguimiento de reptiles y anfibios. Leer más.

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As part of the recovery effort, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has outfitted some toads with teeny-tiny backpacks to track their whereabouts in the wild. The backpacks hold a radio transmitter that tells biologists where the toads are roaming. The picture below, tweeted by the U.S. Department of Interior, shows one toad all dressed up and ready to go. Leer más.